Sharp County record., 1887-04-28
apKANSAS STATE NEWS.

e god rhe State Debt Board, composed Of the
aoa Governor Secretary OF olate anu s %Uu'o I,ai
l'ugh Auditor, has met ana organi10u lOi '"''
ness. ,,,.-
po,,e had hard tussle over her county
u' m seat, but Russellville gained the HShI over
III Ia Atkins by 147 majority. Dover loses Vne
of ~ county seat.
VI zoe The old fair grounds at Little ROCK nave
i0a I been laid off in town lots, TO be known as
oSS the "Fair Ground Addition to the oi'y Oh
.wo Little Rock" ~, u. .ho
WV The State Geologist Will appoint the
,og 5Sl assistants provided for by tne Ueo-
logical Survey act, but the appoint
ments will be made on the recommeHoa'
~ tion Of t he Governor
"u p Ind &C Edward Cross, Judge OF the
iasOai s7easral Court of the Territory OF Arkan-
, bo sas from 1882 to 1888, ana memoet U Ui Ine
Uea8 T,venty-sixth, Twenty-seventh and IWen-
s. SeN ty y.eghth Congresses from Arkansas uleu
ooAg in Little Rock a few days ago, aged eighty
lproye ~ n'''''
IN h, nine. "A oALoa
70 'la Charles Jones was held up and robbed
IN th in broad daylight at the Memphis & Little
ousAaRock Yards in Argenta few days SINCE,
nous hv Sadie Woods and Lewis Williams, two
ilu no colored roughs, They took from him his
Nwatch and chain and quietly walked
70 Aaway. Officers were apprised of the rob-
a' hbery and soon had the culprits behind the
Is, 10 bars.
"S u IN the CITY election at Jonesboro, out Oh
'u>'C N voting population of three hundred, only
uI Hftv-two ballots were cast. 1t is pro-
h bition town, and no interest is taken IN
nov local politics. They have not had city
'na marshal, or any use for one, this year.
l. ! The Republicans elected their candidate
for MAYOR of Texarkana by eighteen ma
ie IN iority. but the Democrats secured the
w lUDI Council.
ever Seven of the Churchill bondsmen had,
le and mn to last accounts, settled with the State
ro UTreasurer.
'oFnea W. S, Whipple was elected mayor OF
"r9ea Little Rock at the recent election. very
on light vote was poilcd.
oufes Srhe citizens of jefferson County are IN
"A ferment over the recent finding of gold
Of alby vi. A. Beech in the hilly portion OF the
'uial Iarae forest west of Jefferson. Since the
''''aA Discovery people have been focking from
, all parts of the country to seek their
u ..s lV fortunes among the timber Mr.. Beach Will
o'nV' not saw at what'point he found the ore, Dut
~ Wv it has been examined and found to be Two
:" tenths gold. When this mine is put IN
operation it is hoped it will prove to be the
ootS. building up of this place.
SarG Mr. A. A. Diffey, Of the Brinkley OH
~ ~, mill, has secured patents on roller proc
I- or ess machine for extracting oil from cot
y. y s ton Seed. which will do away with nine
tan ~ tcnths of the expense attending the pres
=, H.. ent mode of operating the pre55room OF
an oil mill, and secures better yieli OF
n. oil II seems that this would revolution
- xe the cotton-seed oil business. Upon be-
.I ing Interviewed recently, Mr.. Dfey sa'd
:, he had not yet decided upon any plan for
y -. its Introduction, but that propositions
= b, have been received and await his decision.
ir,, The Augusta Memorial Association at
,arfs Staunton, Va, is preparing to erect a
handsome Virginia granite monument IN
L., honor of the Confederate dead who sleep
n: 90 in peace, where they were laid side by
-, -, side in the cemetery OF that city. Many
oon of ArIansas' brave sons slumber there,
- and all who desire to aid in the erection OF
~ the monument, can send whatever
.,,. amouct they see fit to contribute to W.
Nv. w. H. Oliver StauntOn, Va, who will ac-
di.,, knowledge the receipt.
The Little Rock Il Mountain Park
a " Railway Company filed articles OF incor-
MT a. poration in the office of the Secretary or
Il. .sir State. The capital stock is fixed at $780,
0J0 the Dad is to be from two to five
. r,a miles long. The directors are DR.. E. v
~ Deuel., Thos. Lafferty, R. B. Gress I. W.
=, ., Bankes and John A. Pirtle.
The walls of the now court house build
ing in Little Rock, are to be Of solid blue
. A,I granite.
y nv nv The iron ore discovered in the vicinity
t ,I' of Clarksvlle, is said to be in better pay
"a. a. ing quantity than at any other point in
the South.
a. The Fourche Mountain granite, fOs1d
~ :" two and half miles from Little Rock is
S.," s.a said to have no equal for paving purpos-
~ ~ es, and it will be thoroughly developed
III 1t is claimed by those who profess to be
posted that the population of Arkansas
/. has Increased sixty five per cent. in the
r. past four years
' G.. r. Brown, business manager of the
VI Little Rock Gazette, assaulted Dickinson
va Brugman, editor of the Little Rock cup.
wv w per- on the street few days ago, using
" cane as weapon. Brugman is small
'Ha man, but he made it Exceedingly lively for
his assailant.
Ue, Sam Ballard, colored man, was
~ drowned few days ago in the Langallle
~ river, two miles south of Mariana lie
q a',u was in a boat which was capsized.
ne UOVeTUOt HIS OucTCu IC"dlu VI
lne 500 for the arrest of Bob Carter, who
!rSu killed one Pulliam in Pulaski County last
lOn December
Ut The ArkanSaw TraUeler will move its head
on o.r quarters to Chicago on the 25th A branch
10 office will still be maintained at Little
e@ Rock.
-nV" Work has been resumed on the Searcy
County copper mines.
-, The new Christ Episcopal Church at Lit
'eD tie Rock, which has cost $50 0lO and which
D. is the handsomest church edfce in the
% State, was occupied for the first time on
Easter Sunday, and the occasion was one
of JOY amonga all who have been interested
n d in its erection.
/. The Arkansas commercial travellers
rly1 have formed State organization.
aspr The State Press Association holds its
ind annual meeting IN Little Rock on Wednes-
let day, May 4.
ee j. III. Smith, of Little Rock, has received
t. I'D patent for machine for stoning
iirs peaches